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I. A. SHAW.

SASH HOLDER. No. 487,131'. Patented Nov. 29, 1892.

2y// N y Ilnrrnn STATES PATENT' OFFICE;

IRVIN A. SI-IAIV, OF KINSLEY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY F.BEST, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,131, dated November29, 1892. Application led April 19, 1892. Serial No. 429,726. (Nomodel.)

.To ttf/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVIN A. SHAW, of K insley, in the county of Edwardsand State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Stop-Bead, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention-relates to improvements in the construction of windows anddoors, and its object is to provide a new and improved to stop-beadwhich is simple and durable in construction, very effective inoperation, and arranged to combine a guide and a guard for the windowand door.

The invention consists of a stop bead I mounted to slide transversely inspecallycon structed bearings secured on thev Windowframe and springsconcealed inthe said bearings and pressing the said bead to hold thelatter in contact with the side rail of the winzo dow-sash or door.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as Will be hereinafter described,and thenpointed out in the claims.

5 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of 3o the improvement asapplied to a window, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the saine.

The improved stop-bead is formed with a bead proper A, resting with itsside on the Window-frame B and pressing with its inner edge against theside rail C of the window D or the door, according to the application ofthe device. Vhen the device is applied to a lower Window-sash, then thebead A presses on the side rail C ot the window-sash from 4o the inside,so as to press the rail in contact with the middle strip E, iixed in theusual manner to the window-casing. For the upper sash the bead A isarranged on the outside and presses against the outside of the side railC of the upper window-sash to press the window-rail inward in contactwith the divisionstrip E.

In the bead A are formed recesses or notch es F, placed suitabledistances apart, and each 5o is engaged by a keeper G, preferably madeof metal and secured by a screw H or other means tothe window-casing B.As shown in Figs. l and 2,each keeperGis made L-shaped and supports aspiral spring I, extending transversely and pressing with its outer endon a shoulder F in the recess or notch F of the bead A. The inner endofthe said spring I rests in a seat J, formed in the keeper G, as willbe readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. It will be seen that thebead A has its outer 6o edge molded to any desired shape or form, so asto ornament the windowcasing in the usual manner, the bead, however,being cut out to form the recesses F at suitable distances apart for theadmission of the keepers G, which are of a similar contour to the beadA, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1 at the same timethe said keepers concealing and supporting the springs I for pressingthe bead in contact with the side rail of the window or 7o door. Thusthe springs I are not visible at all from the outside, and as thekeepers G conform to the general contour of the bead the same will behardly noticed, and thus does not form an unsightly and objectionablefeature of the Window-casing. It Will be seen that the bead A not onlyforms a guide for the side rail of the window and door, but it alsoforms a guard for the same, as the springs hold the said bead firmly incontact with the 8o side rail, thus preventing cold air or other matterfrom passing from the outside of the windowr to the inside of the room.At the same time the spring-pressed bead holds the window-sash in thedesired position.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A stop-bead comprising a bead proper mountedto slide transversely and formed with 9o recesses, a keeper secured tothe Window-casing and iitting into the said recesses ot' the bead, andsprings concealed and supported in the said keepers and extendingtransversely to press on the bead, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a beadformed with recesses, each formed with a shoulder, of keepers adapted tobe secured to the Window-casroo ing and fitting into the said recesses,the seid pressed against the shoulder in lche correkeepers conforming tothe shape of the said spending recess, substantially as shown and beadand each provided with a, seat located described.

opposite the shoulder ou the corresponding IRVIN A. SHAW. 5 recess, anda spiral spring held Within the Witnesses:

said keeper and supported at one end in the A. M. MERRYMAN,

seat thereof, the other end of tlie spring com- H. F. BEST.

